Meat, Other — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) by country
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...
What the numbers show
Meat, Other — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 42.6 kg/cap in Papua New Guinea; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.52 kg/cap, and the mean is 1.58 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in New Caledonia (up 1,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).
Meat, Other — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 42.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 2 | Mongolia | 23.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 97.9% | rising |
| 3 | Gabon | 12.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 4 | Botswana | 12.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 5 | Iceland | 10.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 8.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 7 | Congo | 7.74 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 8 | Mauritania | 6.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 9 | Cuba | 4.53 kg/cap | 2019 | down 17.9% | flat |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 190.5% | rising |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 12 | Namibia | 3.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 13 | Ghana | 3.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 14 | Ireland | 3.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 109.8% | rising |
| 14 | Oman | 3.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 3.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 17 | Cameroon | 2.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 18 | Lesotho | 2.67 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 19 | Liberia | 2.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.6% | falling |
| 20 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 2.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 22 | Niger | 2.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 2.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 24 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 25 | Belgium | 2.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 26 | Zambia | 2.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 27 | Kuwait | 1.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Slovakia | 1.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 29 | Morocco | 1.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 29 | New Zealand | 1.9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 29 | Turkmenistan | 1.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 691.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Czechia | 1.86 kg/cap | 2023 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 33 | Greece | 1.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 34 | China, Macao SAR | 1.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 35 | Kenya | 1.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 36 | Norway | 1.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 37 | Spain | 1.44 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 38 | Rwanda | 1.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 39 | Chile | 1.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 179.6% | rising |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 1.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 41 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 42 | Italy | 1.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Malta | 1.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Australia | 1.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 44 | Peru | 1.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 46 | Argentina | 1.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 46 | Grenada | 1.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 48 | Senegal | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 48 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 50 | Egypt | 1.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 0.99 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 52 | Switzerland | 0.96 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 52 | French Polynesia | 0.96 kg/cap | 2023 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 54 | Tonga | 0.94 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Germany | 0.93 kg/cap | 2023 | down 63.2% | falling |
| 56 | Croatia | 0.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 57 | Bahrain | 0.9 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 58 | South Africa | 0.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 59 | Haiti | 0.82 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 60 | Libya | 0.8 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 60 | Luxembourg | 0.8 kg/cap | 2023 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 62 | Tunisia | 0.79 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 63 | Nigeria | 0.78 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 64 | China | 0.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 64 | Denmark | 0.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 64 | China, mainland | 0.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 67 | Mauritius | 0.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 0.65 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 68 | Portugal | 0.65 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 70 | Djibouti | 0.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 71 | Bahamas | 0.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Tuvalu | 0.62 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Uganda | 0.62 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 74 | Gambia | 0.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 75 | Ecuador | 0.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 75 | Mexico | 0.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 77 | Canada | 0.57 kg/cap | 2023 | up 533.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Naoero | 0.56 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 79 | New Caledonia | 0.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Algeria | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 80 | France | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 80.6% | falling |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 0.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Finland | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 70.4% | falling |
| 83 | Lithuania | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 83 | Qatar | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Brazil | 0.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 88 | Hungary | 0.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Austria | 0.46 kg/cap | 2023 | down 68.5% | falling |
| 89 | Latvia | 0.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 91 | Guinea | 0.45 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 92 | Panama | 0.44 kg/cap | 2023 | down 42.9% | flat |
| 93 | Burkina Faso | 0.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 94 | Marshall Islands | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Ukraine | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 96 | Cyprus | 0.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 97 | Sweden | 0.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Slovenia | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 99 | Uzbekistan | 0.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 100 | Afghanistan | 0.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 101 | Madagascar | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 102 | Angola | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 102 | Nicaragua | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 104 | Paraguay | 0.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 104 | Uruguay | 0.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 67.9% | rising |
| 106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Estonia | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 107 | Republic of Korea | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 109 | Belarus | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 110 | Maldives | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Romania | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Georgia | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 114 | Philippines | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 115 | Colombia | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 116 | Guatemala | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 116 | India | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Bangladesh | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 118 | Pakistan | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 120 | Poland | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 121 | Barbados | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Guyana | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.1% | flat |
| 121 | Seychelles | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Iraq | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Thailand | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Yemen | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 128 | Albania | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Jordan | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 130 | Armenia | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 130 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 132 | Honduras | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 133 | Cambodia | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Serbia | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Eswatini | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 82.6% | rising |
| 136 | Dominican Republic | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Montenegro | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Suriname | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 76.9% | falling |
| 139 | Kiribati | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Malaysia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Belize | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Costa Rica | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Indonesia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Israel | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Jamaica | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Lebanon | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Mozambique | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 142 | Solomon Islands | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Samoa | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Azerbaijan | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Comoros | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Fiji | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Saint Lucia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Myanmar | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Melanesia 34.8 kg/cap
- Oceania 10.67 kg/cap
- Timor-Leste 12.53 kg/cap
- Côte d'Ivoire 6.16 kg/cap
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 8.09 kg/cap
- Central Asia 2.92 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5.9 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 2.27 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 1.91 kg/cap
- Western Africa 1.59 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.8 kg/cap
- Europe 1.53 kg/cap
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.61 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 1.42 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.41 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.84 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 1.39 kg/cap
- Polynesia 0.61 kg/cap
- Africa 1.37 kg/cap
- Asia 0.44 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.26 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.39 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 1.17 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 0.34 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 1.11 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.32 kg/cap
- Caribbean 1.05 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 0.29 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.29 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 0.97 kg/cap
- Western Europe 0.97 kg/cap
- Micronesia 0.2 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.95 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.1 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 0.92 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.03 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 0.82 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.02 kg/cap
- Türkiye 0.02 kg/cap
- World 0.79 kg/cap
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.